LAS VEGAS, NEVADA—Once a year, hundreds of thousands of tech-crazed journalists and pundits descend on Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. CES is one of the biggest technology expos in the world, so just like every other website worth its salt, Ars has a crew headed to Vegas to cover this most spectacular of spectacles.

We'll be in and around the Las Vegas Convention Center all week, bringing you write-ups and notes from the floor as we soak in the nerdvana. Our coverage this year is sponsored by Corning, the folks who make (among other things) the Gorilla Glass that helps protect your smartphones from dings and scratches. CES-specific front page articles will show up in a special CES section, and will have a cool little banner on them you can pick them out on the front page.

There will be a pair of liveblogs on Monday, too. Casey Johnston will be bringing you live coverage of Samsung's press conference on Monday 7 January, at 14:00 Pacific time, and after that, she'll head over to big the Qualcomm keynote speech and blog that live at 18:30 Pacific time. We're expecting significant announcements out of both of those companies this week; Qualcomm's tech powers a huge number of smartphones and wireless devices, and this CES will be heavily focused on wireless innovation. The company is playing a heavy role in this year's CES, taking the keynote in Microsoft's absence, and it will be a huge opportunity for them to prove directly to consumers exactly why they matter. Samsung is supposed to be dropping some major announcements too, including (if their teasing blog post is to be believed) a portrait-orientation television which might even sport a transparent screen.

Each of your intrepid Ars reporters will be spending quality one-on-one time with industry giants. We've got meetings scheduled with Intel, General Motors, Sony, Acer, LSI/Sandforce, Crucial, Verizon, NVidia, Canon, and a ton of others. Our calendars are jam-packed, and we're looking forward to telling you guys about all kinds of cool stuff this week. Stay tuned!

Lee Hutchinson / Lee is the Senior Reviews Editor at Ars and is responsible for the product news and reviews section. He also knows stuff about enterprise storage, security, and manned space flight. Lee is based in Houston, TX.